Maloma Coal Mine

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Maloma Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Lubombo, Eswatini.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maloma Coal Mine	Lubombo, Eswatini	-27.028963, 31.712329 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1993	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
0.48	0.39	2023	Underground	–	–	494.0*	1500.0

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	Maloma	Anthracite	Met	Other Industrial

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Maloma Colliery Ltd	Tibiyo Taka Ngwane; Government of Eswatini [25.0%]; Minex Mining Services Pty Ltd [50.0%]	South Africa, Eswatini

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	0.2	0.14	0.11	0.16	0.16	0.22	0.39	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

Maloma Coal Mine is an underground anthracite mine, owned and operated by Maloma Colliery Limited in the Lumombo region of Eswatini, Africa.

The mine is Eswatini's largest coal producer.

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